Greetings from hilly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’ve been building mandolin kits and want to begin building one where I make design decisions. A cigar box mando seems like a good way to do this. I have a cigar box that I think is cedar and an old H
Read more…Hi all I am new to cbg nation . So a little about myself . I’m from uk, am 64 yrs , started learning the guitar at 41 yrs . I have always been a fan of using a slide and so the cigarbox guitar is great for this as you all know . I play semi profess
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John here,I live in southwest Missouri (the Ozarks) and I'm 62 years old and about the only thing musical I could play was the radio. I was born with just a thumb and 2 stubs on my left hand and a t
Harvey here. Long time blues/ragtime fingerpicker on a traditional guitar (40 years) and I got swept up into the CBG world a few months back when I bout a CB Gitty "Pure & Simple" kit, not sure if I would like it. Now my other instruments sit colle
Read more…Hello everyone! My name is Tyler. I am originally from Odessa TX and now currently live in Oakland Maine. I started my journey in the cbg world in October 2018 when I was making a lapsteel out of an old skateboard. I was searching the web for parts a
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I'm new to Cigar Box Guitars, but already love them...
I have 2.. One from Rob's in the USA, and the other from Chickenbone John in the UK.
I enjoy both instuments... Looking forward to attempting to make my own baby soon..
If there is
I've been building non-traditional guitars for a few years. I got started after seeing Justin Johnson play his shovel guitar. At first, I thought it was the craziest thing I had ever seen and wrote it off as a gimmick. But, I kept going back and w
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I've been building CBG's on and off for about 10 years, mostly as a hobby but I've sold a few and invested the proceeds into furthering my addiction. I've started some posts of my early builds on "My Page". Feel free to have a look and comme
Read more…I'm from Montreal city and I'm probably the only builder who cannot even play an instrument. No musical training or special talent, never even played guitar. In fact I'm a technology expert & an industrial machinery operator. Woodworking did become a
Read more…I was watching a YT video and this young gal was playing a little tiny box guitar. She was just kickin' butt and I just had to find out what that guitar was. Needless to say the little guitar was a cigar box and that is how I got here. I bought me a
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My Name is Jonathan and I am from Austria. Found this lovely place looking for inspiration, and I found a lot. it's awesome to see so many different people from all over the world building cool and unique pieces of art.
I am glad I found this
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For some time I've been browsing this forum (among other sources of info) and recently I finished my first build. Strictly it's not a CBG since I built the box myself. I thought I would show of with it. I learned a lot about building and t
Read more…bonjour everybody !! me it's j-v from a tiny village in Corrèze , France , blacksmith on my spare time lol got more and more sparetime , starting to be a second job , always like the sound of cbg , the creative side of it and the fact that's you can
Read more…Hello all! We're Barking Dog Arts, a creative community at Lowe Mill in Huntsville Alabama which operates the hallway and theater formerly known as Flying Monkey Arts. We're holding the 15th Annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival this year, and we're deter
Read more…A couple of months ago I started a journey to find a simple instrument to play to accompany the campfire band that plays at my Civil War reenacting group. I played numerous brass instruments 30 years ago in high school, but wanted something different
Read more…I was thinking of using individual roller bridges for my 3-string that is setup with peizo and I don’t have room for a rail. Will the individual roller bridge create enough vibration for the peizo to be effective?
Thanks all happy building and pl
Read more…G'day all, Mitch here, from sunny (i.e HOT) regional South Ausralia. I've been looking around CBN for a while now so I thought I should join. I'd never heard of cbgs until I googled "how to make a home made ukulele" a couple of years ago. One thing l
Read more…Hello! I'm 17 years old and I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico and I'm glad to join this site!
I joined here a few months ago, but since I had to get ready for a move to New Mexico, so I didn't really use this site!
A couple of months later I'm now in
Read more…Hello from Huntington Beach, California. My name is David Pendlebury and i have been making guitars for about 4 to 5 years now (Les Paul and Fenders stile). I don't play very well, but i enjoy the build process. I have been working on my playing tha
New guy from Albany NY.
Where to start. I’m 62 yes old, never played an instrument other than really basic harmonica many years ago, but I’ve always been interested in building things myself. I’ve built lots of things ranging from buildings and boat
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